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Publisher's Summary

This is an unabridged audio recording of M R James' excellent ghost story "After Dark in the Playing Fields". Read by David Collings, this is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

I bought this and a number of others by the same author hoping for some good old fashioned spooky stories. This was the shortest and therefore a taster.. Can you achieve an atmospheric spooky story in 9 minutes ? .... I think "No" is the answer. I only hope that the longer stories are much better than this. Fortunately 9 minutes is not too much time to waste....

Would you ever listen to anything by Montague Rhodes James again?

Yes - I have bought a few in a 40% discount sale, and will give a longer, better known story a chance...

What didn’t you like about David Collings’s performance?

Nothing. I can hear that the narrator is skilled, and look forward to a more realistic tale.

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

I didn't realise owls could talk......

Any additional comments?

Thank-you for your refund policy Audible. Even if I had only lost about 50p I would have felt disappointed. I only hope the others are better.....